Following
Adolf Hitler's assumption of power, millions of Germans
enrolled in the Nazi Party, usually to obtain jobs or to
assure themselves of favored treatment. The upsurge in party
membership, in turn, strengthened the Nazis' grip on the
government.

Karl
Rometsch joined the Nazi Party on May 1, 1933. This was his
second membership book, issued May 8, 1936, at Munich, which
recorded his participation until January 1943.

Canceled ½-reichsmark and
2-reichsmark stamps serve as receipts for monthly dues at
the left, and 30-pfennig stamps, as receipts for extra
assessments (ostensibly voluntary charitable contributions),
at the right. Payments for the year 1936 are displayed on
this page.
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